SOUL SMOKE NEWS LETTER EDITOR MACGYVER Volume 24 September December 2009 Holiday Jam 2009 Nas D I.S.M.C.s Lend A Hand Hero Table of Contents Holiday Jam 1-5 Bike Show 6-10 Back Row : X-man, Outlaw, T-Bone. Front Row: Tammy, Sir Funk A lot, AKA Tree and Brenda. Word from the Editor 10 What a long day the Holiday Jam makes. I got off easy this year, coming straight from work to the party. Nas D and the Lend-A-Hand crews day started bright and early pulling double duty starting with the toy giveaway. Truth be told, Nas D s day started months ago getting things set up. He has been doing the Lend-a-Hand now for four years. He s not alone in the above and beyond hard work when it comes to getting a day like this going. Heavy K and Mack got it in gear setting up the Snow Building for our arrival at the Holiday Jam along with countless other members. T-Bone, AKA Santa, and KC manning the kitchen were only a few doing so much for so many. (continued on next page)
Page 2 Christmas Jam 2009 (cont.) Left to Right standing: Chainsaw, G Rock, Jump Start, AJ, Gil, Hammer, T Bone, D, NoDoz, Tree, Seabreeze, Heavy K, RG, Maleman, V, Mr. Big, Ironbutt, Truck, Mack, BBro, K.C. Front Row: DTour, X Man, FD, Richie Rich. Not Shown Roadrunner & Photographer MacGyver Hammer can dish it out. H1N1 is not in here, she says. V.P. Ironbutt proudly observes the festivities Road Captain Truck
Volume 24 Page 3 Christmas Jam 2009 (cont.) Showin Love, Bo Dean & Faye All smiles for Linda & TKO Mack s lookin sharp! The Holiday Jam was back home at the Snow Building. I don t think anyone was sad about that. I can say for sure there were a lot of other clubs that found their way back home too. The food was plentiful and as varied we are as a club...with a slight twist added. Tiki Tom's Restaurant, a close friend of the club, provided the catering of a "Holiday Island Food Fair" The DJ was jamming all night without the 10:30 pm music switch that other events are known for. You know what I mean. When they play classic R&B, then cater to the Rap crowd as the night goes on. Everyone felt the big bang bang of the boom boom drum from G Rock, who worked it out on the Conga s, to Seabreeze, who started a soul train dance line that was three wide for everyone to strut their stuff. Some more than others would shake that thing and bump bootie this night. All of the above took hold of our mighty Tree. He being the one with the biggest Cheshire Cat grin on his face. He was not alone smiling. This full days activity, with kids big and small, set in motion the holiday spirit of giving that always comes back to you a hundred fold. Maleman and Bernice show them how to really dance. G Rock finds the back beat. X Man checks out the funky moves of Tammy and Seabreeze (continued on next page) Movin and Groovin is D-Tour & Gloria.
Page 4 Christmas Jam 2009 (cont.) Volume 24 President Heavy K presents Awards. Pacific Savagez crew had the numbers this night Some day we might figure out this Rubik's cube puzzle of not having the Lend-a-Hand toy giveaway on the same day as our Holiday Jam. I don t think anyone would fight that decision. In any case, the kids come first. This above all is what makes this club who we are...a view that was mentioned throughout the night by other clubs present along with their friends and family. (continued on next page) Pacific Savages member Long Distant Rider Award, rode from the island of Eureka. The photos of clubs and the size of photos in this publication are random. Not all clubs present were shown. Editing reasons only.
Volume 24 Page 5 Christmas Jam 2009 (cont.) ISMC has never worked harder it seems, not that anyone on the inside would say so. On the contrary, the men are always looking to do more for the community and never really looking up long enough to see if anyone notices. So it was a surprise to hear so many wide ranging comments on how much we have helped out in ways we could not have imagined or predicted. Photos and Article provided by MacGyver The Lady Warriors win award for the club s largest turn-out. END
Page 6 Volume 24 Bike show 2009 The first annual bike show and grudge race has been here and gone. The ISMC RV Crew arrived on Saturday to secure some prime real estate at the Sacramento Raceway Park. The rest of us staged up early Sunday to get there early to help set up our first ever bike show. There was a lot to do for one of these shows, to Bassman s credit. He thankfully had most everything planned out ahead of time among the four of us, who rode up along with the RV Crew, and the members that delivered tables and chairs in their trucks. Bassman guided us to get things set up just in time for the first sign in for the show. A total of 27 patch members along with friends and family trickled in slowly that day. Honestly, I was ready to be more impressed with the members support that day. However, I had not even been there before. After things were setup, to see Seabreeze in his natural element was a beautiful thing. He had asked me to help keep track of the grudge race club names. I found myself at the starting line. Not even the ear plugs I had with me had much effect in preventing the onslaught of thundering noise that was generated by these fuel-injected, turbo charged, nitric powered monster bikes that I found myself standing a few feet away from. This was beyond noisy. This was lower intestine shaking, sending you to the port-a-potty to pee serious. I loved it, and can t wait to do it again. You get jaded quickly to the incredible speeds generated by these machines. Seeing a 7.6 second run at 189.5 m.p.h. everything starts to look slow after that. I am getting ahead of myself, as usual though. The bike show, by anyone s measure, did not have a lot of sign ups. The bikes that did show were pretty darn nice though. (continued on next page) 189.5 MPH in 7.68 secs. was not the fastest that day. I kid you not. Cover your ears.
Volume 24 Bike show 2009 (cont.) All but the two category was filled. The entries ran the gambit from full on Pimped-My-Ride over the top rides to the back-to-basics, less is more, kind of rides. There was even a custom sidecar setup that went to the dogs, bulldogs to be precise. It had cameras mounted on the front and rear of the sidecar so Charles, the bulldog, could show his bitch back home what he saw on his ride. Another bike with old school pin striping caught the artist eye in me with the most elaborate striping I have ever seen on a bike. Mega chrome with blowers on steroids had the crowds pointing out their favorite and our guest judges earning their BBQ. The BBQ was graciously provided by B Bro without being asked. He kept intent on watching the grill so it would not get too hot. See the photo of his spread, burgers and salad...all an unexpected Scooby snack before the votes were cast for best in show. During the race track action break, the raceway was opened up for a track wheelie fest, for those brave or daring enough to do it. President Heavy K was up from San Diego on a weekend pass. His health specialists are keeping a good eye on him. He was all smiles seeing the hard work pay off. All present agreed that with a full page ad put in early with the Thunder Press, and more time to get the word out, this could be an ever growing event to be proud of. Page 7 D-Tour checks out what s cookin! K.C. with Lee Williams, Buzzard s President. Photos and Article provided by MacGyver Mr. Bling Bling hangs the banner of one of our sponsors. Side Car rider awaits judges decision.
Page 8 Volume 24 Bike show 2009 (cont.) The man of the hour, Bassman, who put it all together. The men behind the man, starting near to far. Tree, RC, Snowman, T-Bone, President Heavy K, Event Coordinator Super V Pimp My Ride please! The detail of workmanship on some of the bikes were obsessive to say the least. Free hand engraving to too much coffee for the pinstriper was something to see.
Volume 24 Bike show 2009 (cont.) VIP Guest Judge President Cisco (sitting) and Sgt -at-arms, Hawaiian John from HAMCO Charter. Page 9
SOUL SMOKE NEWS LETTER Brotherhood, Respect Unity Bike show 2009 (cont.) E-mail: caseyonsite@msn.com ISMC VIP Guest Judges Phil, East Bay Dragons and Jon, Wicked Wheels discuss bike "Bling" END Word from the editor : Planning Ahead I can t say exactly when it occurred to me. I suspect I may just be tired of scrambling last minute year after year for hotel rooms. Trying to set things up last minute at home and work to get ready for our bigger ISMC rides. I have taken a proactive attitude about the upcoming summer events this year by making reservations for the Round Up being held during August in Missouri. I did this along with reservations for the Brotherhood Run in San Diego and several other rides. The fact of the matter may be that I have come to the realization that I am getting older. I wonder now how many more quality rides are ahead of me. I am not sure, but I think there may be more behind me. I have come to understand myself enough now to see that there is a clear line between my sense of humor and well being that relates to my ride time. Could be I am getting older and more selfish. In any case, this take charge attitude is very empowering in setting the mood to for future planning possibilities rather than setting up roadblocks for myself. This in itself has given me pause to smile on occasion knowing I am trying to keep it in the saddle this summer. The most used reason...strike that...the most used excuse I came up with was, I ll go next time, really can t hold water for me any longer. Keep it upright. MacGyver END